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Chapter 221 Life and Death

The eldest prince woke up after the injection, and fell asleep again after drinking a bowl of medicine.

In the next two days, the eldest prince would wake up from time to time, but not for long.

His son was dying, and he was about to die before his eyes. The emperor was furious, "Check, check for me, why did the eldest prince eat something that is incompatible with him?"

In the imperial dining room, everyone serving the eldest prince is in danger.

The emperor was so angry that he laid his corpse thousands of miles away. In just one day, more than 20 palace maids and chamberlains were killed.

The place of execution was stained with blood and was too horrific to look at.

Concubine Liu Xian stayed by the eldest prince's side, almost blinding her eyes with tears.

She had fallen out of favor a long time ago, and the emperor rarely entered the harem. If the eldest prince died, she would have no support.

The Queen Mother was upset by her crying, so she kicked her hard and said sternly: "Go away and cry."

Now that I know I'm crying, why did I go there so early?

As long as he works harder, the eldest prince will not be harmed like this.

The imperial hospital has all kinds of precious medicinal materials. In order to save the eldest prince, the imperial doctor did not care about the taboo of not using tiger and wolf medicine on young people.

Bowls of medicine were poured into the eldest prince's mouth desperately, but the eldest prince's breath was still getting weaker day by day.

This morning, the eldest prince died after suffering for several days.

The eldest prince died in infancy, leaving the emperor with only one son, the second prince.

A prince who died in infancy does not need to ban banquet music in every government, nor does the common people need to ban marriages, or even go to the palace to mourn.

Despite this, the various governments were still very honest. They hung the coffin for a few days before it was buried in the imperial mausoleum. At this time, it was better not to offend the emperor.

The eldest prince's coffin had been placed in the prince's residence for seven days. The day before the funeral, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites folded it and said that all the prefectures should set up roadside sacrifices to commemorate the eldest prince's funeral.

The emperor pretended to think for a while, "I have lost my beloved son, and you all feel the same way. Since it is your request, how can I deny it?"

When the various governments learned about this, they said kindly: "After all, he is the eldest son of the emperor. He is different from the children of ordinary families. Let's hold a road ceremony for him."

The mean one said: "A child less than five years old is going to be buried, and the various prefectures are setting up roadside memorials. I wonder if he can withstand such a huge pomp?"

Regardless of whether you like it or not, every government has to arrange sacrifices on this road, which stretches for more than ten miles.

Jiang Changning, who is pregnant, wants to avoid adultery, so only servants are allowed to attend the roadside ceremony at Prince Jin's Mansion.

Song Yirou stayed at her mother's house and refused to return to the palace. The quarrel with Li had been going on for so long, but it didn't work out. There were only servants in the roadside sacrificial shed of the Ningxia palace.

No one in the Jin Palace was gossiping, but people in the Ningxia Palace were pointing out, "On the day of the wedding, if the bride falls asleep on the sedan chair, it is a bad sign. It would be strange to be divorced."

"I heard that the person Song wants to marry is Prince Jin."

"What you said was before marriage, but now men are married and women are married."

"I heard that the Song family was making peace with each other just to marry the King of Jin."

"Princess Jin is still here, how can she get married?"

"You can't leave your wife alone and become a concubine, right?"

After some discussion, we came to a conclusion: "The rumors are not credible."

Song Yirou really never thought about being a concubine. She wanted to be the princess of Jin. In order to sell off Wen Po, she secretly sold a dowry to Zhuangzi.

Yes, she didn't have enough money. She didn't dare to ask Mrs. Song Er for it, so she could only sell her dowry.

There are more than a dozen stable women who often come in and out of various prefectures. However, Jiang Changning, who is six months pregnant, is not in a hurry. Until now, the two stable women have not decided to deliver the baby, so she has to bribe all the stable women.

Here Song Yirou spends money like water, and over there Jiang Changning makes a lot of money.

The toys Jiang Changning made for children were loved by all the children in the city.

Women and children are the best money to make.

"Princess, a total of seventeen thousand three hundred and ninety taels." Fangju said in surprise after finishing the calculation.

"Not bad, not bad. It's worth my effort and effort to draw them." Jiang Changning was very satisfied, "10,000 taels were given to Uncle Nan, 5,000 taels were given to Aunt Gui, and the rest were exchanged for gold and silver melon seeds and sent to the house.

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After Jiang Changning took over the Jiang family's business, he began to spend money everywhere to do charity. Aunt Gui took care of the charity home.

Fangju put away her account book and was about to go out when Shu Fei came in and said, "Princess, Grandma Zhuang Wugu has given birth."

"Is the birth a son or a daughter?" Jiang Changning asked casually.

"It's a girl. Mother and daughter are safe." Shu Fei lied because he was afraid of scaring Jiang Changning.

Zhuang Qingmei had a seizure in the middle of the night, and she didn't give birth until early this morning.

It didn't matter that it took a long time, but after she was born, she suffered from severe bleeding again, and the doctor diagnosed her. It would be difficult for her to have children in the future.

Jiang Changning said calmly: "As long as the baby is born, I will give you a gift as usual."

The banker knew that Zhuang Qingmei had given birth to a daughter, and it was difficult to raise an heir. It was like being struck by lightning, "What should I do?"

Princess Yirao asked her concubine to take Zhuang Qingmei as her concubine for the sake of having children. Now that Zhuang Qingmei is unable to have children, she will definitely take a second concubine.

As the banker thought, Princess Yiruo went out and wanted to give the concubine two wives. Whoever gave birth to a son would be given the title of wife.

There was a concubine in the family, and they were very jealous, so they sent Princess Yirao's invitation to the flower viewing party.

The Prince of Jin's Mansion also received one, which was given to Yan Yinyao.

Looking at the invitation, Yan Yinyao was a little dumbfounded, "Why did you send me the invitation?"

Not to mention that she is still in the period of filial piety, even if she returns home with her husband, the daughter of the Yan family who is married for the second time cannot be a concubine.

"Does Yirao want to humiliate the Jin Palace?" The concubine was furious.

"Mom, please calm down, my cousin may have caused the prince to suffer," Jiang Changning said.

"How do you say this?" Yan Yinyao asked in confusion.

"The Annan rebellion, the emperor originally wanted General Xiong to lead troops there, but the prince firmly opposed it. General Xiong did not rise up, and is still idle at home. Princess Yirao should not be so brainless. This should be what the consort wants to take advantage of.

Help dad vent his anger."

Although it was a guess, I accidentally guessed it correctly. This invitation was really sent by someone from Prince Consort Xiong.

"Come here, let Chang Shi personally send the invitation back to the princess's house, and tell the eldest princess that the family of Prince Jin's house is low and cannot reach high places." The concubine said with a sneer.

Chang Shi took the invitation to the eldest princess's mansion and asked to see the eldest princess Yiruo. After handing the invitation to her, he also said the concubine's words and said: "Princess, I will resign."

Princess Yirao was so angry that her face turned green, "Go and find me the consort."

Prince Consort Xiong was not in the princess's mansion, so the servants searched around and found Prince Consort Xiong drinking wine at Fengyue Tower in the city.

When Prince Consort Xiong returned to the Princess Mansion smelling of alcohol, he was faced with the angry eyes of Princess Yirao and the invitation thrown over him, "Are you crazy? Why did you provoke Prince Jin's Mansion?"

"She's just a widow. I can take her as my concubine. That's her blessing." Prince Consort Xiong said disapprovingly.

"You are so big, if you want to die, just die. If you die, I will remarry." Princess Yirao said angrily.

Seeing that she was really angry, Prince Consort Xiong quickly subdued and tried to coax her, "Princess, don't be angry. I did this because King Jin went too far. He targeted his father in the court, causing his father to be idle all the time at home. I really feel sorry for him."

I was so angry that I just sent the invitation in a daze. I didn't really want to take her as my concubine, princess, my good princess."

As Prince Consort Xiong said this, he put his hand into the lapel of Princess Yirao's clothes.
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